Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-08-19
PATRONS OF MUsBANDRY.
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.


ment of the farmer ard his family, to
place his occupation where God himself
placed it in the beginning-thc firsta
most honored Of all callings. 1t seeks
not to build up agriculture at the ex-
pense of any other class, but it would
give the farmer an equal chance in all
things. "a fair field anG no favors."
"Justly distributed burdens and justly
distributed power" Equal laws, equal
taxes, no determinations of any kind.
As educated by the Grange the coming
farmer will be recognized power in
every sphere of usefulness. Commerce
will give him the credit which is due
him. Politics will take shape from his
judgement and will. Society will con-
TESS his worth and acknowledge his title
TO robility-at least the only nobility that
can exist in republic. Then will our
farm homes become, what under our free
institutions they should be, the very
strongholds of the land. Then the boys
and girls of the farms will not hasten to
turn from the hills and dales and streams
of their country homes and seek the
great cities, where too often they fall
into vice and are lost forever to earth
and heaven. For the good Of our
country and the good of humanity may
the time be not far distant that shall
greet the coming farmer such as the
Grange would make him.
"'rhe Secretary ofthe Cayuga County
On. " Farmers Club suggests the for
nation of an association for farmers
wives. Why not? Surely the labor of
the farmers wife is as important as that
of her husband. If the work of the farm
er can be improved and digniled by
association and combination, surely that
of the wife can be dignfied and i'm
proved by the same methods. We
would ask, Why not carry the idea a
little farther, and say that the best asso-
citation would be that which would place
the farmer and his wife on equal terms?
Their interests are mutual, identical, one
with the other. What benefits one ben
efits both. The knowledge gained is, or
should be, reciprocal. Anyone who has
attended good Grange meeting will
not ask that a special association be
formed for farmers wives. 1t will
readily be seen that the Grange is an as
ISOLATION for farmers and their wives
yes, and for all the family over fourteen
years of age. We say, build up the
Grange; don't form separate associations
for farmers wives and farmers chill
dren. Nothing is more unnatural than
to separate the family in this way.
Bring them together; teach them to
pool their issues and reap the full BEN
efits of combination. "-RrdL EermOnter.
"Through a close, compact, intelli-
gent organization, areyolutiOn has COM
menced-slow it may be, yet 1t will be
sure, healthy and just.
"The American farmer realizes now
that agriculture must be lifted up to the
place where it properly belongs; that he
has interests to be promoted and rights !
to be protected; that his calling must be
raised to the rank of recognized power.
'Iet us be patriots and philanthro-
pists, and spurn all sectional tendencies. |
Let us strive in our Order, as of one |
mind, to hand down TO future genera
tions this republican form of govern
ment united and unimpaired. And so
long as we shall live may we never fall
ter in the conflict for the prosperity of |
our organization and for the good of |
tOiling humanity. "-.Sdmuel f.. adams.
Speaking of specializing wretches, in
the year 1888, George Washington said
"would to God that some one of the
more atrocious in each State was hung |
in gibbets upon a gallows five times as
high as the one prepared for Hannah.
No punishment, in my opinion, is too |
severe for the man who can build his |
greatness upon his country's ruin"
The idea that the Grange is an organ
ization which makes the getting of the
almighty dollar paramount is erroneous. !
There is something of more worth than
a., L,
more than rich acres, fat stock, and full |
granary-it is the men and women. Let |
them be cultiYated.-Cor. Grange Visi-
tor.
The existence of the Grange is proved |
to be no ephemeral one. 1t has elements
of permanency, and if the members
were all fully aware of its benefits they
would not hesitate to advocate and sus-
tain its claims over and above any earth
ly organization.
Education and CO. operation, the twins
that must 60 hand in hand in advancing
the cause of the Grange and human pro.
gress. They are one and inseparable.
Either alone, without the other, will
never help to attain the highest rank in
our calling.
Farmer-"What is it you say you call
that tbing?"
Agent-"A patent jack, sir, for lifting
great weights, works with screw and
lever, and with it you can raise any
thing, no matter how heavy"
Cant see what use it is to me-"
"Well, suppose you want to move that
barn, for instance, YOU"
'Ive got no cause to move that barn.
''Well, anything, no matter what.
Give me something heavy to raise and
will show Won how In works -